Can you identify these places?
They are all Rio de Janeiro
• Copacabana Beach
• Statue of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado
Mountain
• Rocinha Favela
Rio De Janeiro – Case Study of
problems and solutions
Objective – to practice applying the
skill of problem-solution analysis
1 Minute to remember these facts
Many police
officers in Rio
are lowly paid,
uneducated and
badly trained and
they accept
money
(bribes)from the
drug gangs.
The countryside
of Brazil has
fewer job
prospects than
the cities.
If you want to
solve a problem,
you have to
solve the causes
of the problem.
The gap between rich
and poor is very big in
Brazil. In fact, the poor
people only make 1/10 of
the amount of the
average person.
Considering those facts, are these
good solutions to problems?
Problem – people
are moving from
the countryside
to the city
creating favelas.
Problem – there
is a high crime
rate in Rio De
Janeiro,
especially in the
favelas
Solution – stop
people moving from
the countryside to
the city.
Solution – put more
police officers in
the favelas.
Be careful in your problem-solution
analysis!
• 1. Stopping people moving to the city from the
countryside does not stop the cause of the
problem. The problem is caused by more jobs in
the city and fewer jobs in the countryside.
• 2. Putting more police in the favelas does not
stop the causes of crime – lack of education and
economic difficulties. Also, the police officers are
often very corrupt. If the city does not have
money to pay police high salaries now, then if
they got more police they would have to pay
them even less.
Information Sheet – Rio de Janeiro
• Create your own problem-solution report
on Rio de Janeiro.
• 1. Read through the information sheet on Rio de
Janeiro.
• 2. Identify the problems of the city.
• 3. Propose some solutions.
• Make a mind map of each problem you find with
solutions around it.
Traffic Congestion
Swap your work with another student
• Read the work of another student and make a
comment on how well they have devised
solutions. Remember, a good solution
addresses the causes of a problem.
Now your teacher will put you into groups
for the project. Each group must have
one person who can bring a laptop
computer in each day. You need to choose
a city to study.